—' ,. v stick to a" Welcome. New England housekeep- ers are too wide awake to be fooled into buying inferior soap more than once, just because there is a present given with it. On washing-day they want only the best soap; next day they buy their 'own present. gELS/ *WATERO'f’ SARATO EA SARATOGA! Genuine Saratoga \Vater in block-tin lined barrels direct from the celebrated Spring, is for sale on draught at Had- den’s, corner Wall and River Street. ' ‘ THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and is dispensed in pre- cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5 Denis per Glass. House-cleaning Lustiine. IO 0 ' -BIII DUI IN FINGE- OF . MEAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts Reduced .20. a Pornd All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER ST.. NORWALK NEW CAFE ‘ RESTTIIVIIERANT MIKE fiATCHFO-RD, 44 Wain Sireet, The Best! Wines, Liquors and Cigars. 3 Horace E. Dann, EXOELSIOL L1 very and Sales Stable. w“. uuuuvu Opposite Danbury and s Norwaik Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers: Safe horses for women sndchildren. . saunas House's ,_A sweeter-.7}: ‘_.¥—_ ELEPHANTS'ATWORK HOW THE GIANT PACHYDERMS ARE USED IN BURMAH. They Run 3' Lumber Yarc’, Piling the Logs, Sawing the Lumber, and Gener- i ally Looking After Things According to ' 'Mr. Tourgee. ' William B. Tourgee has just returned from a trip around the world. He is a millionaire, and has a beautiful home on Michigan Boulevard, in Chicago, but he is Seldom at home, as the greater part of his time is spent in traveling. Mr. Tourgee prefers to visit places out of the ordinary lines of travel, andhas made during his last trip quite an ex- tensive exploration of the Island of Bor- neo. One of the places, however, which ofiered some of the most interesting scenes was found in the large lumber yards of Burmah. The teak wood in- dustry is the great industry of that country. The wood grows, for the greater part in the northern part of Burmah. where it is cut and‘floated down the Irriwady to Rangoon, where the more important and larger yards are located. It is in these lumber yards that they employ the elephants in moving and handling the logs. The elephants have practically the .entire handling of the logs from the moment they are ready to be taken from the back water, where they have been stored, until the logs have been converted into the thin planks used in shipbuilding and other industries, where it answers the pur- pose better than any known wood. A dozen or more elephants may be employed in the same yard. They are nearly all males, which are, generally speaking, larger and stronger than the females. These intelligent creatures will balance a log on their tusks, and, holding it firmly with their trunks, will proceed to walk off with it to the saw. They will then hold the log up to the saw while it is at work, and will see that it is cut properly, either crosswise or lengthwise, as may be desired. They pull the slabs away with the ends of their trunks, and pile them in piles that are as nearly arranged as the most exacting yardmaster could desire. The principal work of the elephant consists of taking the logs from the water and piling them up in the yards. They will pile logs in the neatest manner imagin- able, and will adjust them at either end until they are perfectly satisfied that they are rightly arranged. Each ele- phant has a keeper, but the keeper’s sole werk consists in giving the ele- phant the impression of what he wants done, and then letting him go ahead and do it. Mr. Tourgee says that the yard own- ers look upon a good elephant as almost priceless. and seldo-n part with them. What makes their work so valuable is that they can do this heavy work in that hot climate without being alfected by the heat as other animals would be. QUEEN VICTORIA’S LONG REIGN. In Years of Actual Sovereignty She Ex- ceeds All the Rulers of England. The oficial Observances discounted a little the celebration of Queen Victoria’s birthday, but the mains that she first saw the light on May 24, 1819, seventy-seven years ago, Yet when she is spoken of as the oldest of reigning sovereigns, this refers only to her having been longest on the throne. King Christian IX. of Den- mark surpasses her in years. He was born April 8, 1818. In the relative lengths of reign of these two monarchs there is little resemblance, since King Christian did not ascend the throne un- til 1863, whereas England’s Queen be- gan her rule as long ago as 1837. Pro longed as her reign has been, it is still exceeded by that of George III., who died in the eighty~second year of his age and the sixtieth of his reign. Still, as during the last ten years of his life he had no part in the Government, the af- fairs of the kingdom being directed by a regency, it 's strictly true that Victoria has ruled jgland longer than any of her predec sore—New York Sun. A Story About 0.31. North. Theelate Cdl. North had a ready, if sometimes rough, style of wit peculiar to himself. The trap in which he was seated was on one occasion blocked in a crowded thoroughfare in immediate juxtaposition to a costermonger’s cart laden with vegetables. The coachman, finding that the horse was about to help himself to the cabbages, would have backed the animal out of harm’s way. “Let him graze,” said the Colonel; “I want to hear the man swear.” The costermonger, turning his head round at this moment, the Colonel’s wish was promptly gratified by an ex- ceptionally choice and extensive selec-. tion of expletives. “Bravo,” said North, as he threw the man a coin that would have more than bought the whole cargo of vegetables. “I thought I was pretty well educated in your line myself, but hang me if you haven’t taught me four new adjec- tivesl”—London World. Baron Hirsch’s Bad Bargain. Baron Hirsch, shortly before his death, sold his very beautiful estate at St. Jean, because it was too damp to be healthy. He purchased another through an agent, and started to erect a magnif- icent mansion upon it, After he had expended about £35,000 on the new property. which he intended to endow as a children’s hospital after his death, he was informed that it was even damp- er than St. Jean. He went in persOn to see, and finding the report true, and that the property was of no use what- ever for his benevolent purpose, added to the thought that he had been swind- ed, caused him to fly into a violent rage which was the direct cause of his death. . There are two kinds of poor scholars —-those who have a lot in their heads and nothing in their purses, and those who haVe everything in their purses ahd nothing in their head '1. ‘ historical fact re- . I Stanton disapproved, OUR SOLDIER HERO. The Mystery and Contradictions of Gene!" . al Grant’s Character. Gen. Adam Badeau, just before his death, wrote for the Cosmopolitan Mag- azine his impressions of the seeming paradoxes in the famous career of Gen. Grant. Badeau was Gen. Grant’s sec. retary before and after the war, and al: though an estrangement marred their relations, this important contribution to history contains only expressions of friendliness and admiration for the great here. We make copious extracts from the Cosmopolitan’s article: The contrasts in General Grant’s character and the vicissitudes in his career are among the most surprising in history. When we think of him at thirty-nine—a man who had passed his career in obscurity and failure. incom- petent to conduct an ordinary business in which thousands of his countrymen had succeeded, and at the age of fifty directing a negotiation that prevented war between England and America; unable at one time to cope with his townsmen in a petty election, or turn- ing from the profession of arms in which he had been educated, to retail trade. in an insignificant town, yet de- veIOping within half a dozen years into one of the masters of modern warfare; cutting wood with his own hands to support his family, or carrying parcels for customers in the streets of Galena, and afterward dining with kings, him- self a potentate equal to any, we cannot but ask an explanation of these fluctua- tions of fortune, a solution of this mys tery of character. But to no one who stood by his side in the most important epochs of his life—in the shock of bat- tle, at the Executive Mansion, at Euro- pean courts, and in his dying chamber, the key to the mystery seems not so hard to find. Like many men of genius, Grant pos- sessed an ability that was not apparent until called out by circumstances, and like many others, both great and small, he was often possibly inefficient outside of his proper sphere. Hercules himself was not good at the distafi, nor Pegasus at the plow. Grant was first of all a soldier, especially fitted for command; undisturbed by danger, immutable in resolve, undisturbed by danger, sustain- ed in energy. In certain phases of statesmanship also he was equal to the greatest.’ His treatment of the South- erners at Appomattox, and his accom- plishment of arbitration with England, are proof that in the emergencies of the state he had no superiors among the Americans, either of his own or any previous time. But in whatever acquired adroitness or craft—from the chicanery of politics to banking in Wall street, he was un- successful. while in the drudgery of a farm or the minutiae of trade he could not rivalen ordinary clerk or day labor- er. This limitation 30f his ability ex- tended to his knowledge of character. He selected generals with an acumen and accuracy never surpassed, but in his appreciation of men outside of war, he was often at fault. He knew a Sherman or a Sheridan by instinct. The smoke of battle seemed to clarify his vision; then he saw character clearly, and employed men judiciously; but in- trigue or clever management, playing on the foibles or ambitions of others, was an art absolutely beyond his capa- city. Nothing in his whole career redounds more to the credit of his head as well as his heart than the terms he grant- ed Lee. To impose no humiliation, to inflict no penalties on his political coun- tryman was political wisdom of the highest order. And these terms were Grant’s alone. The North was sur- prised at them; Lincoln did not suggest them; Andrew FJohnson at first disap— proved them; Congress would certainly not have suggested them; but at Appo- mattox the victor dictated to the North as well as to the South. His country- men accepted on that day whatever he who had done so much for them in the past considered wise for them in the fu- ture, and the possibility of another ris- ing of the South was averted forever. And it was because Grant was able to ‘ act with this authority that he succeed- ed. No act of Lincoln or Washington was more beneficent to the nation or more important to mankind than this 'far-reachinggrasp of patriotism with which Grant brought back the beaten. broken Confederates into the Union. It was exactly like his achievements in war irreversible, unforseen, taking in the entire situation at a glance—the condi- tion of the South, the feeling of the North. It was exactly like his decision at Vicksburg to move without consult- ing Halleck, or the order to Sherman to march to the sea, when Lincoln and though neither was willing to countermand. Appomattox. was, of course, the cul- mination of Grant’s campaigns, but the peace that he there secure-1' was a great- er glory than the victories he had won: for if to day the men whom he led and the man. whom he fought are brothers again, the South as good citizens as the North, the credit is due, more than to any cause, to the statesmanship as well as to the soldiership of this mystery. Assorted Wedding Ceremonies. A curious ceremony—or rather com- bination of ceremonies---took place re- cently in Paris. The parents of both bride and bridegroom celebrated their silver wedding, and the grandparents of the bridegroom celebrated their gol- den wedding. Oue priest vvas invited to perform allthe ceremonies, but he flatly declined. He said his brain was not strong enough to keep the parties and their services separate. ' Ready for Anything. “John has broken- the record," said the proud father. "I expect so.” replied the mother re- signedly. “He’s broken the front gate, and three places in the hedge, and the cat’s back, and the croquet set, and his collar bone, since" he began to ride, and i‘m prepared for anything.”—The Cap- ital. ' f, WHAT THE WHEEL DOES. It is Procuring Better Bonds and Bond Houses. . ' Those persons who do not ride'bicy- cles. and those bidyclists who only , pot~ ter about the Park, the Boulevard, and Riverside Drive, can have no idea what a change has been produced by the sport in remote country places. For one thing, the condition. of the. roads has improved immensely within a year. This is largely the result of concentrat- ed elfort, steadily applied. ' But by far the most interesting evo lution is the recrudescence of the inn. Those who drove horses were an insig- nificant few as compared with the army of patrons of the wheel. The custom which depended upon the horsey people was variable and uncer- tain. 0n the other hand that of the the cyclists is constant and reliable. The inkeepers have realized that their time has come round again.‘ The com- petition among the keepers of houses of entertainment is just keen enough to cause them to give good value. Meals that are satisfactory to those whose ape petites have been sharpened by a good spin along a road are obtainable at places where a short time ago only the most primitive fare could be had. It is customary just now for large parties to leave ,this jcity and Brooklyn on Satur clays, take “the train for some distant point and start bright and early on Sunday one long run. There is no trouble in finding accomodation. If the good work goes on the inn will be- come more and more of an institution. This is a consummation devoutly to be wished. HE FORGOT TO PREACH. The Curious Absorption of a. Reverend Bibliophile. The bibliophile’s passion [a rare books has always been a fruitful theme for the humorist, but the engrossing charms of the chase were never more amusingly set forth than in the follow ing anecdote of the Rev. Mr. Brand, one of the most noted book hunters in England: , One Friday afternoon, while Mr. Brand was roaming in the neighbor- ; hood of his church in the East End of iLondon, his eye fell on the shop of a Jew bookseller which he had not before noticed, and he was astonished to see there a number of black- letter volumes exposed for sale, but the sun was rap- , idly going down, and the Jew, loath to I be stoned by his neighbors for breaking the Sabbath, was histily interposing the shutters between the eyes of the clergyman and the coveted books. “Let, me look at them inside,” said Mr. Brand. “I will not keep you long.” . “Impossible,” replied the Jew. “Sab— bath will begin in five minutes, and I absolutely cannot be drawn into such a breach of divine law. But if you choose to come early on' Sunday morning, I will reserve them for you, and you may see them at your leisure.” The reverend gentleman accordingly turned up at 3 o’clock on ' Sunday morning, intending to remain until church time, as he had to do duty that day. The literary treasures were more numerous than he expected, and be ex- amined the rare productions of celebrat- ed presses and purchased so freely that his treasures soon began to asspme considerable proportions. He was in« terrupted, however, by the J ewess call.- lng out to her husband, “Dinner is ready!” “Dinner I" exclaimed the parson with a start. “At what hour do you dine?” “At 1 o’clock,” she replied. He looked at his watch. It was too true. He hastened to the church. The congregation had dispersed. much con- cerned at the absence of their worthy pastor, who. according to his biograph- er, atoned by unwonted eloquence for his unpremeditated prank of the morn- ing.”—Youth’s Companion. ' Good \Vhen Genuine. The slim, blue eyed young man who teaches school had been reading the comic periodicals and waxed appre- hensiv e. "I’m really afraid,” he said, “that this ‘new woman’ idea is going to cut more of a figure than we think it is.” "What makes. you afraid?” inquired the old gentleman with rugged feat- ures and kindly eyes. "Why, there are getting to be so many new women, you know.” “And I’m glad to see it. I go to all high school and seminary commence ment. Those are the places to see the new woman in her perfection. She is unfamiliar with all but the poetry of life, and she sees things with the eyes of the idealist. She believes in the best and thinks that everybody else is going to help her hustle this world right along into the millennium before it knows what has happened. Young man, don’t you be worried about her. It isn’t the new woman—the genuinely new woman—who is likely to raise a disturbance. It’s the old woman who as trying to be fresh.”—Detroit Free Press. Bicycle Etiquette, As yet wheeling is too new to have .ixed 1111.23 of etiquette, but after awhile :1") doubt. they will be decided upon and will be observed as closely as those of the cotillmn Then aman will no more think of riding on the right side of a woman than he would of leaving his partner in the middle of the floor after a dance. He may assist her to dismount, if he ikes—every one knows that she can do oat—and he is only being courteous, Lid not, useful, but it is an insult to her .5 a wheelwoman to assist her to nouns An Exploded Theory. One of the superstitions perpetuated . .1 age tJ are among the common ADELE I: that me human body weighs .‘., more: alter a .meal than before. if ..ere were any foundation of fact in. Jl: idea no human being could ever get 9. '4' WHAT IT MEANS. ' Norwalk is. Learnlng It—Learnlne It Fast—Proof Not Lacking. That Tired Feeling. Don’t know what it means. Keeps you awake at night. Destroys daily comfort. Weanes the body. Worries the mind. You would shake it off. You would be healthful and strong. So you can. If you go at it right. First learn what it means. Some say it’s had blood. Others say it’s a lazy liver. They’re all wrong. Tired feeling means tired Kidneys. Just as lame back means Lame Kid- neys. And backache means kidney ache. How do we know it? ‘ Because Doan’s Kidney Pills cure it. And they are for kidneys only. How can we prove it ‘9 Because N nrwalk people say so. Here is a_case in point. Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the better, address No._ 47 River street. Mr. White says, “My wife took Dean’s Kidney Pills.” “I‘ook them for backache.” “Found them Just as represented.” “IDs much Kirninroved.” “ oan’s i ney Pills did th '.” “Gotthem at Hale’s drug stgrzg’rk Doan s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by Foser—Milburn Go , Bufi'alo, N. Y sole agents for the United States. For Itching Piles, irritation of the genitals. or Itching in any part of the body, Dean’s Oigtment is worth its weight in gold. No matter how long- standing the trouble, Doan’s Ointment Will not fall to give instant relief. Afr" ' I Everybody has it. I P. W. BATES’ 42 mm STREET, __._... you can find as fine an assortment of NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIBIBI‘I’ WUI‘II As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. J. D. Jennings. UN DERTAK ER 1. Knightstreet. opposite Street Railway Depot BELT: A1 OFFICE. I ! LIGHT PARCEL and tUtKWDUDS PACKAGE DELIVERY Cheap rates, Will also take orders for mes wager service In New York. Goods called or and dehyered to all parts of the town, orders received at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store. Wall Street. With telephone connection unu ‘3“ n E. LOCKWOOD. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, 26 WALL 811, NORWALK. G ORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1976. API’I‘AL. - - - - . . $100.00c we M. Hermes. President. . 1... Borne, Vice-President?- WILLIAM A. Cunrrs. Cashier Dram—Tans : ones M. Homms. H. E. DANN, L. Cuxxrxeuam, J. T. Paowrrr l. L. Borne. S. H. HOLME J . Cousrxs.'JR. Illseouni Day, Saturdiv. DORLONHOUSE ~ GREGORYIS POIN r. NEW and FOR THE ensue or 1896. _ Shore Dinners, . Rhode Island Dlain Bake. .. . Bathing, Boating-Fishing. Electric cars to 'Hotel, every twenty minutes. ' JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, Manager. MEEKER CDAL 00, con, ween, BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, TILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NORWL‘ LK. Piano Lessons. BS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (dau hter of the lateWm. R. Nash.) gives e cent and satisfactory instructions on the. Piano at her home No. 193 Main street. . ADAMS’ B la 2 o n Soap Powder, For Kitchen Use EXDELS ALL OTHERS. . Ask Your Grocer For It. .The following Grocers have it on sale: E. J. Finnegan, Main street; PJJ, O’Brien. Oha el stret; M. Abraham. Plattsyille avenue; rs. Harriet A. Northrop,- Unionville' A. Stull. East Norwalk; D. Rosen. South Norwalk; J. L. J une. Wlnnmauk: N. Driscoll. Westport. Fairfield Bounty National Bank. 44 Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn, N CORPORATED, 1824. Capital. $200,000 EDWIN O. KEELER President. DAVID H. MILLER. Vice-President. L. C. GREEN. Cashier DIRECTORS . EDWIN O. KEELER‘ Mosns H. GLOVEB DAVID H...MILI.EB, A. J. MEEKEB, F. 81’. J omv Locxwoon, THEODORE E. SMITH [as COLE. CHAS F. ansram. Accounts of Manufacturers‘ M h (1 Individuals solicited. erc ants an Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors. sorou POINT I-—-\ \ \ sou TH NORWALK, CONN. A Charming Summer Resort on Long Island Sound. FINE HOTEL! FINE BATHIND HOUSES! _ GENERAL ATTHADTIDNS! Every facility for providing for large excursions. Roton Point Improvement 00-. OWNERS ' AND PROPRIETORS, J. FIN KENSTEIN, Manager. Towle Vault L ight Company. , MANUFACTURERS. VAULI LIGHTS. SKYLIGHIS IIND PATENT LIGHT DESIGNS. Factory: 48I BRIGGS IVENIIE, _ :.:~‘r:»'-sntoxl.vu. . Office: I i I . ID'I ELH smiling . . neurons. '
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